Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 573

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: the definition of bingo.

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Senate, not reached
Passes Assembly, not reached
Governor signs, not reached
Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, “bingo” is generally defined as a game of chance in which players pay a consideration in order to participate via a standardized card and in which winners are determined and prizes awarded in a certain way. The definition of “bingo” does not include a game using free cards and donated prizes, if any, for which no payment of consideration is made by participants.

This bill provides that “bingo” does not include a game using free cards and donated prizes, if any, for which no payment of consideration is made by participants, regardless of whether the host or sponsor of the game pays consideration to another person in exchange for the prizes, supplies, equipment, or logistical support for the game.

Registered lobbying interests · 2

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jan 14, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

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